2016 Nice attack

The 2016 Nice attack was an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack that occurred at 10:45 PM on 14 July 2016 when a truck driver drove a large van through a large crowd of French civilians celebrating Bastille Day. The man proceeded to open fire on civilians with an assault rifle, and over 77 people were killed and 150+ wounded.

Attack
At 10:45 PM on 14 July 2016, the night after the confirmed death of Islamic State commander Abu Omar al-Shishani and the same night as Bastille Day (the French version of the Fourth of July in America), a 31-year-old man of Tunisian origin drove an eighteen-wheeler Renault Midlum cargo truck into a crowd of revelers in the port of Nice's Promenade des Anglais. The truck travelled at 25 miles per hour, and it struck scores of people as they gathered for the fireworks display. The driver then exchanged gunfire with police and shot at civilians before he was shot dead, and the attack left 77+ dead and 150+ wounded. An emergency plan was implemented immediately after the attacks; on the morning of 14 July, Prime Minister Francois Hollande had announced that the state of emergency from the November 2015 Paris attacks would expire on 26 July 2016 during the Tour de France. Because of the attack, the state of emergency was extended for three more months. The attack was Islamic State-inspired, and it came a day after the Islamic State vowed revenge for the death of al-Shishani.